Han Mu Do

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Han Mu Do

Hangul	한무도
Hanja	韓武道
Revised Romanization	Hanmudo
McCune-Reischauer	Han mu do

Han Mu Do, founded by Dr. He-Young Kimm, is a comprehensive martial arts system comprised of the study of empty hand techniques, the study of weapons, the study of ki, and the study of martial arts philosophy.

Han Mu Do was developed from knowledge that He-Young Kimm had accumulated over the last forty years through various teachers and personal experiences. This was not the first name he had given to this art. The first name, strongly recommended by Suk In-hyuk because it had been popular in the 1950's, was Yuj Kwon Sul which means "Art of Throws and Punches." For a while, it was called Han Mu Yuh Kwon Sul, a name favoured by Ji Han Jae which means the "Korean Martial Art of Throws and Punches." Some groups from schools emphasizing ki training did not like the use of "Mu" because it meant "martial arts" and they believed that the ki training contained in Han Mu Do was more than martial arts training. They simply called it Han Do, which means "Way of Korean Martial Arts." Finally, in 1991, Kimm decided to call the art Han Mu Do.^[1] Han Mu Do should not be confused with the martial art of Han Moo Do. The martial art is being practised in places such as: the UK, America, India, Korea, Japan, the Netherlands and France.

Kimm has integrated the techniques and philosophies of various Korean martial arts systems, most founded in the 1950s, with new and innovative modern techniques into a single, comprehensive, balanced system.

He has also written several books about Korean martial arts, including "Kuk Sool," "Philosophy of Masters," "Hapkido" (commonly known as 'The Hapkido Bible'), "Taekwondo: Self-Defense for Taekwondo Practitioners," "Han Mu Do (Textbook for the World Han Mu Do Association)" and "The History of Hapkido and Korea".

He is currently working on the multi-volume "History of Korean Martial Arts", a compendium of 30+ years of historical research, including direct interviews with many of the pioneers of modern Korean martial arts.

1 Techniques
2 References
3 External links
4 See also

[edit] Techniques

Joint locks mainly target the hands, wrists and elbows but there are also leg locks. Chokes are performed mostly with forearm and wrist. Throws and takedowns resemble Judo and wrestling techniques but are not done elegantly. Kicks are mostly aimed at leg joints, ribs or head and punches to the abdomen or head. Kicks include most existing kicks known to mankind which are distinguishly performed from chest with speed and finesse Taekwondo as opposed to, for example, Muay Thai-style roundhouse kicks employed with a windup motion which results in more power. There is also an array of different empty hand strikes including the standard punch, spearhand, palm and ridgehand strikes.

There is also a lot of weapon techniques taught including the use of swords, long and short poles, defence against knife attack and in higher grades archery is also taught.